CHICAGO HERALD-AMERICAN. NOVEMBER 24, 1939
M
usic in Keview
BY HERMAN DEVRIES.
,1 Remarkable Katherine Dunham ) and her no less wonderful dance 'I group gave one of those outstand- ' /[jng demonstrations of craftsman' rlship at the first of their four eve- -jning performances at Goodman ' Theater Wednesday night. Miss .'Dunham's choreography stands ; ' out as an example of originality— ' ' unique in that she creates new ' studies and carries them out with ' ¦ the assistance of thirteen artists, I putting into the dance the rhythm . for which members of her race
are noted. She also contrives in . devising the most humorous antics
for her coryphees, of whom Lili i Romero, Charles Hank, TaUey I Beatty, Archie Savage and Henri . Austin must be signaled out for . the cleverness of their portrayals ; and the suppleness of their bodies i and limbs. As to Katherine Dim- I bam, she is to the dance what , Marian Anderson is to song.

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CHICAGO HERALD-AMERICAN. NOVEMBER 24, 1939
M
usic in Keview
BY HERMAN DEVRIES.
,1 Remarkable Katherine Dunham ) and her no less wonderful dance 'I group gave one of those outstand- ' /[jng demonstrations of craftsman' rlship at the first of their four eve- -jning performances at Goodman ' Theater Wednesday night. Miss .'Dunham's choreography stands ; ' out as an example of originality— ' ' unique in that she creates new ' studies and carries them out with ' ¦ the assistance of thirteen artists, I putting into the dance the rhythm . for which members of her race
are noted. She also contrives in . devising the most humorous antics
for her coryphees, of whom Lili i Romero, Charles Hank, TaUey I Beatty, Archie Savage and Henri . Austin must be signaled out for . the cleverness of their portrayals ; and the suppleness of their bodies i and limbs. As to Katherine Dim- I bam, she is to the dance what , Marian Anderson is to song.